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8.8 Exercise 5

Avg difficulty 2.5

Link has an electric bike which runs at a constant speed. That speed will be reduced by the amount of any headwind and increased by the amount of any tailwind. Link can ride his bike 20 miles into a 3 mph headwind in the same amount of time he can ride 30 miles with a 3 mph tailwind. What is Link’s biking speed?

OpenStax Elementary Algebra 2e, 8.8 Solve Uniform Motion and Work Applications, exercise 5

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